I. The cloud enables organizations to move faster, more securely, and transform their security posture. Common motivations for cloud migration include cost reduction, increased productivity, and market agility. II. While security concerns are often cited as barriers to cloud adoption, the cloud can provide stronger security than traditional data centers due to controls like standardized environments, ubiquitous encryption, and consolidated logging. III. Best practices for secure cloud migration include designing for security, implementing identity and access management, monitoring configurations and changes, and developing using security-focused methodologies like infrastructure as code.